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Dairy Industry Turns to Federal Government for help Weathering Revenue Dip

By Marco Grajeda

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Las Cruces, NM – New Mexico's dairy industry is struggling due to a significant drop milk prices and increased global competition. An industry expert says the federal government's help is desperately needed and as KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, the state's U-S Senators sent a letter to the President Barack Obama's Administration with recommendations to keep the struggling dairy farmers from going under.